A 2 MHz 1 V programmable gain amplifier for WSN application

This paper presents a low-voltage and low-power programmable gain amplifier (PGA) for Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) in 0.18 μm CMOS process. MOSFETs biased to moderate inversion region are applied in order to achieve maximum voltage gain, low device dissipation, and high linearity, simultaneously. The proposed PGA consists of three fixed-gain stages and a variable-gain stage. It works at 2 MHz with a voltage gain range of 0 dB to 70 dB in steps of 2 dB. Postsimulation results show that the -3 dB-bandwidth is higher than 6.6 MHz with capacitive loads of 2 pF. The whole PGA consumes less than 1.26 mW with a 1 V supply.